Best Practices Operation & Troubleshooting of RO Plant Process

Course Code: MEC 124

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08 - 12 Sep 2025

5 Days

Istanbul, Turkey

$4,950

22 - 26 Dec 2025

5 Days

Dubai, UAE

$4,250

Introduction

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Since the development of the first practical cellulose acetate membranes in the early 1960’s and the subsequent development of thin-film, composite membranes, the uses of reverse osmosis have expanded to include not only the traditional desalination process but also a wide variety of wastewater treatment applications. In addition, RO systems can replace or be used in conjunction with others treatment processes such as Oxidation, Adsorption, Stripping, or Biological Treatment (as well as many others) to produce a high quality product water that can be reused or discharged.

To understand how Reverse Osmosis works, it helps to understand the process of osmosis which is ubiquitous in nature. When two solutions having different dissolved mineral concentrations are separated by a semi-permeable membrane, water flows from the less concentrated solution to the more concentrated solution.

The course shall present a strategy to preserve RO Plant function, Predict RO Plant Performance and avoid the Failure of RO Plant Components, and ensure the highest Permeate Productivity with the best salt rejection. It shall assist attendees to understand and manage properly any RO Plant with best practice and most cost effective method. This should result in maximizing membranes and components life, reducing operating cost and maintaining productivity and quality.

•          Understand and Specify Water Quality.
•          Different Membrane Configurations used for Membrane Filtration (MF & UF) and RO Applications.
•          Understand Osmosis & Reverse Osmosis
•          Understand RO Principles of Operations.
•          RO Plant Configuration System.
•          Control Scaling, Fouling and Chemical attack by using appropriate Pretreatment Technologies
•          Start Up, Shutdown & Daily Operation Instructions
•          Reverse Osmosis Preventive Maintenance
•          Reverse Osmosis Membranes Cleaning

This course is designed for Utility Engineers, Consulting Engineers, Highly Qualified Operators, and Chemists those working in Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plants.

Module (01) Water Sources

1.1 Open Intake Sea Water
1.2 High, Medium, Low Brackish Water
1.3 Surface Water
1.4 Municipal Water

Module (02) Water Basics

2.1 Water Make up
2.2 Interpreting Water Analysis
2.3 Water Biology
2.4 Suspended Solids, Turbidity and SDI
2.5 Special Situations, Iron, Manganese and Aluminum

Module (03) Membranes Configurations

3.1 Difference between Cross flow & Depth Flow
3.2 Microfiltration
3.3 Ultrafiltration
3.4 Reverse Osmosis
3.5 Membranes Pore Size
3.6 Membranes Materials & Structure
3.7 Reverse Osmosis Definitions
3.8 Factors Affecting RO performance

Module (04) RO Plant Configuration

4.1 Pretreatment System Components
4.2 ROMAS (Reverse Osmosis Membrane Assembly)
4.3 Post Treatment System
4.4 Orientation to R.O Plant" RO Equipment’s"
4.5 Instrumentation
4.6 Corrosion Control
4.7 Flush/ Cleaning System
4.8 Feed Water Specs
4.9 Alarms and Protections

Module (05) RO Plant Operation

5.1 Start Up
5.2 RO Shutdown
5.3 Daily Operation Instructions
5.4 Chemicals Preparation
5.5 Back Wash Process
5.6 Cartridge Filters Replacement
5.7 Membrane Flow & Probe Test
5.8 Membrane Replacement
5.9 SDI Test

Module (06) RO Plant Technical Techniques

6.1 Unit’s conversion
6.2 Net Driving Pressure NDP
6.3 HPP & ERT Efficiency Calculations
6.4 Recovery Calculations
6.5 Membranes Performance
6.6 Pump Selection" dozing, feed, etc"

6.7 Proper Installation of Flow Meters

Module (07) RO Plant Maintenance

7.1 Preventive Maintenance
7.2 Condition Monitoring for Equipment
7.3 High pressure Pump & Motor
7.4 Membranes
7.5 Pressure Vessels
7.6 Feed/ Sea Water Intake / Flushing Pumps
7.7 Pump /Motors Replacement & Alignment
7.8 Equipment’s Lubrication

Module (08) RO Plant Administrative

8.1 Daily Log Report
8.2 Weekly Trending
8.3 Monthly Monitoring
8.4 Performance Trends
8.5 Housekeeping

Module (09) Troubleshooting RO & NF Systems

9.1 Importance of Record Keeping
9.2 General Rule of Troubleshooting
9.3 Signs of Trouble
9.4 Causes and Corrective Measures
9.5 Taking the Total System Approach

Module (10) Cleaning RO and NF Membrane Elements

10.1 Introductory Remarks
10.2 Defining a Foulant and Scalant
10.3 pH and Temperature Limits
10.4 FT30 Resistance to Cleaning Agents
10.5 Cleaning System
10.6 Chemical Attack
10.7 Permeate Back Pressure
10.8 The Cleaning Process
10.9 Permeate Back Pressure
10.10 Cleaning Process

Boost certificate of completion

BOOST's Professional Attendance Certificate “BPAC” is always given to the delegates after completing the training course, and depends on their attendance of the program at a rate of no less than 80%, besides their active participation and engagement during the program sessions.

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COURSE METHODOLOGY

Our Training programs are implemented by combining the participants' academic knowledge and practical practice (30% theoretical / 70% practical activities).

At The end of the training program, Participants are involved in practical workshop to show their skills in applying what they were trained for. A detailed report is submitted to each participant and the training department in the organization on the results of the participant's performance and the return on training. Our programs focus on exercises, case studies, and individual and group presentations.

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